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aretalogy|ærɪˈtælədʒɪ|
[ad. Gr. ἀρεταλογία, f. ἀρετή excellence, wondrous deed, miracle: see -logy.]
A narrative of the miracles performed by a god or semi-divine hero. So aretalogical |ærɪtəˈlɒdʒɪkəl| a.
1887W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 525 The aretalogical succession is that traced back to the Scipio and Regulus of Cicero, Livy, and Horace. 1912J. S. Phillimore tr. Philostr. Apollon. I. p. xiii, A life, or rather an edifying Aretalogy, of Pythagoras. 1925W. R. Halliday Pagan Background vi. 185 The aretalogy, which narrates the miraculous acts of some thaumaturge. |